2014 Minor League Bobbleheads

In honor of Opening Day at most minor league ballparks, I’ve put together a list of bobblehead giveaways in the International League (AAA), Eastern League (AA), Carolina League (A), South Atlantic League (A), and the New York-Penn League (A). (Admittedly, these are the teams that I would be most likely to go see, since the farm teams of the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals are in these leagues. The rest you’ll just have to figure out yourself.)

The minor leagues often have an interesting take on things, including bobbleheads. The Akron RubberDucks, for example, have several Rock ‘n’ Bobble giveaways, which include DEVO, Joe Walsh, and Chrissie Hynde. The RubberDucks are also doing a salute to women in baseball and giving out a Sharon Hargrove bobblehead. Several teams are giving away bobbleheads of their mascots, local sports figures, and people I don’t know. The Charleston RiverDogs have a few good ones, including Bill Veeck.

And, in case you didn’t get one at Bowie last year, this year you can pick up a Manny Machado Gnome at the Delmarva Shorebirds on July 18.

4/3

Reading Fightins (AA)

Chase Utley

4/9

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (AAA)

Cody Asche

4/10

Lehigh Valley

Jonathan Pettibone

4/12

Hickory Crawdads (A)

Andrew McCutcheon

4/12

West Virginia Power (A)

Starling Marte

4/19

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (AAA)

Jon Zuber SWB Red Barons Statue

4/28

Lehigh Valley

Ethan Martin

5/5

Bowie Baysox (AA)

Mystery Bobblehead

5/9

Portland Sea Dogs (AA)

Brandon Workman

5/9

Trenton Thunder (AA)

Tony Clark Mini Bobblehead

5/10

Akron RubberDucks (AA)

Sharon Hargrove

5/10

Wilmington Blue Rocks (A)

Kayla Miller

5/10

Charleston Riverdogs (A)

Tony the Peanut Man

5/14

New Britain Rock Cats (AA)

Miguel Sano

5/17

Altoona Curve (AA)

Geritt Cole Garden Gnome

5/17

West Virginia

Don Nehlen and Bob Pruett

5/24

Akron

DEVO

5/30

Trenton

Mark Teixeira

6/3

Portland

Will Middlebrooks

6/7

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

Dave Miley SWB Yankees Statue

6/7

Gwinnett Braves (AAA)

Mike Minor

6/9

Lehigh Valley

Cesar Hernandez

6/12

Reading

Jim Bunning (who will also be there signing autographs)

6/14

Akron

Joe Walsh

6/14

New Britain

Ted Williams

6/14

Potomac Nationals (A)

Jayson Werth BobbleBeard

6/14

Asheville Tourists (A)

Mr. Moon Bobble (mascot?)

6/19

Lehigh Valley

Darin Ruf Garden Gnome

6/22

Lowell Spinners (A)

Tooth Brush Holder Bobblehead

6/26

Wilmington

Cowboy Monkey Rodeo Bobblehead

6/26

Lowell

Pedro Martinez

6/28

Akron

Chrissie Hynde

6/28

Potomac

Bryce Harper

6/28

Gwinnett

Chopper BobbleBank (mascot)

6/30

Reading

John Kruk Garden Gnome

7/5

Akron

The Black Keys

7/5

Altoona

Pedro Alvarez

7/5

Potomac

Anthony Rendon MLB Debut

7/5

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

Derek Jeter SWB RailRiders Statue

7/5

Gwinnett

Julio Teheran

7/5

Charleston

Ghostbusters Bobblehead

7/9

Reading

Domonic Brown

7/10

Lowell

Canaligator (mascot) Military Bobblehead

7/11

Trenton

Hideki Matsui

7/18

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA)

Chipper Jones

7/18

Lynchburg Hillcats (A)

Evan “El Oso Blanco” Gattis

7/18

Delmarva Shorebirds (A)

Manny Machado Gnome

7/19

Akron

Jake Taylor

7/19

Pawtucket Red Sox (AAA)

David Ortiz

7/19

Gwinnett

Ron Gant

7/19

Charleston

Bill Veeck

7/20

Wilmington

Wil Meyers

7/21

Portland

Xander Bogaerts

7/21

Tri-City ValleyCats (A)

Johnny Evers

7/25

Trenton

David Robertson

7/25

Rome Braves (A)

Freddie Freeman

7/26

Frederick Keys (A)

Nick Markakis

7/27

Reading

Cole Hamels

8/2

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

Media Bobblehead

8/4

Lakewood BlueClaws (A)

Darin Ruf “Made the Phillies” Bobblehead

8/7

Bowie

Travis Pastrana

8/7

Lowell

Dave Roberts “The Steal” Bobblehead

8/8

Trenton

Boomer (team mascot)

8/8

Aberdeen IronBirds (A)

Bill Ripken

8/9

Akron

Bernie Kosar

8/9

Asheville

Russell Wilson

8/9

Hagerstown Suns (A)

TBA

8/11

Aberdeen

Cal Ripken, Sr.

8/12

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA)

Fungo (team mascot)

8/12

Portland

Daniel Nava

8/15

Norfolk Tides (AAA)

Ron Johnson Gnome Figurine (manager)

8/16

Potomac

Jayson Werth Wolf-A-Rine

8/19

Charlotte Knights (AAA)

Jordan Danks

8/21

Lowell

Johnny Boychuk Lock Monsters Bobblehead

8/23

Buffalo Bisons (AAA)

‘Chicken Wing’ Bobblehead

8/24

New Hampshire (AA)

Ted Williams

8/26

Lakewood

Greg Legg (manager)

8/28

Lexington Legends (A)

Jose Altuve Mini Bobblehead

8/29

Trenton

Player (TBD) Statues

8/29

Rochester Red Wings (AAA)

TBA

8/29

West Virginia

Gregory Polanco

8/30

Frederick

Matt Wieters

Remember that all dates are subject to change and I may have gotten stuff wrong. Here are a few more notes: